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deniably great
The Hon. David Dudley Field fur
amples of the ~prolongation of the vigor Of
body and mind beyond what is looked up.
on as usually the limit Of sctivy. He was
born in Hsddsm, Ct, in 1906, and remem-
bers distinctly the declaration of Wal in
1912. He was the eldest of ten children,
D. whom Stephen j., Cyrus W., and Henry
NJ. also became famous. He entered Will
liams College in 1921, and became a law
student in the Office OF Har-
msnus Blocker in Albany in
1926, but after three months decided TO
seek the metropolis, then practically
bounded on the north by Canal street,
though there were some houses further out.
He studied in the Office ofHenry and Rob-
ert Sedgewick, and 1923 was admitted to
the bar and to a partnership. One Of the
fint causes he took was one in which he
defended the right to liberty of an escaped
slave. Although a Democrat, and several
times elected to office by that party, he
was active in the nomination of Lincoln,
and, as an Abolitionist, supported him
heartily. As a lawyer, Mr.. Field has
made a name second to non in the United
States. His principal pride, however, is
in his work as a code compiler. His
Penal Code" is the law of the
State, and his Civil Code" and other
works in the direction of law reform are
famous. As a Congressman elected to fill
the vacancy caused by Smith Ely's election
as Mayor, Mr.. Field happened to be in a
place to give his legal ability to the Demo-
cratic party in the memorable controversy
that was ended By the seating OF Hayes in
the White House. Mr.. Field is still in active
practice. He also appears occasionally in
matters of sufficient importance in the
Courts of this city, Albany and Washing
ton.
He attributes his continuance of vigor TO
four conditions. He states them thus;
GOOD conscience, good constitution, good
health, good exercise" His habits of life
for forty years have been very regular, es-
p~ecially in the matter of exercise. His
daily walks to and from his Office have
been a considerable part of this exercise,
and have also resulted in making his face
and figure well known TO the people of the
city. 1t is a strong face, and the figure is
to this day that of u g%renadier. Dieting
has formed no part in the practices
that have agreed with him 80 well.
In that particular he has lived
AZ men ordinarily do in his sta
ton. Total abstinence has not been a fea-
ture of his life either, though temperance
is the fitting designation OF his indulgence
of wine at dinner. Tea and coffee are not
tabooed by him, though the latter is only
used on Sunday, and is acknowledged TO
be in the nature of a dissipation. Tobacco
he has never used, and simple abhorrance
is the the description of his attitude to.
ward the weed. A morning ride has been
a feature of his exercise since 1916, at
which time his physician recommended
him to take an hour II day OF horseback as a
reliet from headache. He has scarcely had
n headache since.
Theodore DRight Woolsey, With a Mind
still stalwart at EIghty.Six.
New HAVEN, December 3.-Theodore
Dwight Wuolsey, d. u, LID, was born
in New York October 81, 1901. After re-
Ceiving the degree of A. b. AZ Yale, in
1920, he studied theology at Princeton,
and became Il tutor at Yale in ISIS, re-
c~eiving a license to preach in the same
year. The intervening years between
1857 and 1880 were spent IN study in Ger
many, and on his return TO this country
he was elected professor OF the Greek
language and literature at Yale. This
position he held for fifteen years, when he
was elected President of Yale College. In
1871 he resigned the Presidency, hut con-
tlnued n member of the Faculty.